Red Rose Chapter- ONS

Meeting Minutes

Meeting Type / Board/Business
Date / 4/28/2015
Location / Belvedere Inn, Lancaster
Attendees / See attendance list from membership chair
Time / 5:30pm
Welcome / Katrina opened the meeting and welcomed everyone to the April 2015 meeting.
Attendance sheet circulated.
Attendance sheet for presenter circulated
Treasurer’s
Report / As of today, our Chapter account balance is $11,842.00
4 Chapter members received scholarships to attend ONS Congress this past week.
Secretary’s Report / Next meeting will be at the ABBCI. We will be celebrating Oncology Nursing Month. The topic will be “Mindfulness”. Drawings and door prizes will be given out to a few select winners.
Announcements /
  • ONS Congress was held in Orlando, Florida. It was a good conference. Please feel free to discuss what the attendees experienced. Melody, Ann, TammyJo and Katrina were there and happy to discuss the conference.
  • Needs Assessment: We had a great return from our chapter’s Needs Assessment. The results will help determine future meeting topics and presenters. Thank you to everyone who participated! As a result of our strong participation - $160 will be donated to the ONS Foundation!
  • OCN Certification Review Course will be held at LGH on May 14 and 15. There is a $100.00 fee. Please contact Katrina if you are interested.
The next meeting in May will be the last meeting until August.
Attachments / None
Presentation / Management of Melanoma
Board Meeting / May meeting/celebration of Oncology Nurses Month.
Drawing/Prizes – 2 Hanging baskets – Marcia
GC for Massage – Katrina
Raffle tickets - Marcia
Roundtable Update
Marcia will be calling to confirm date. Proposing 11/11/2015 for Roundtable. Different night of week from meetings is a plus.
Topics determined from Needs Assessment
  1. SIADH - ? Dr Kerr (Katrina)
  2. Carcinoid - ? Dr. DeGreen (Marcia)
  3. LLS talk- Colleen to check on topic
  4. Bone Marrow Transplant (unsure of speaker)
  5. Genetics (Marcia to talk with Lori about speaker)

Needs Assessment
Other topics discussed from assessment included:
  1. Latest Trends in Nursing
  2. Multiple Myeloma
  3. Chemoembolization
  4. Social Media Case Study (TammyJo)

Virtual Community /Facebook
Katrina inquired if we have any tech savy members who could help us develop a private Facebook page or Tweeter
Katrina will send out to the Chapter members to see if anyone is interested.
Katrina will also ask the members if they are interested in celebrating member graduations and certifications. Will ask the members what would be appreciated.
Leadership Weekend
Katrina and Katie will be attending the ONS Leadership weekend in July. The chapter will pay for Katie to attend. If another board member would like to go, let Katrina know.
HPV documentary “Someone You Love – the HPV Epidemic”. Katrina and Melody attended a session which showed the above documentary. Katrina proposed the idea to join LGHealth Wellness and hold a showing of the documentary at the Penn Cinema. The Board approved moving ahead with this idea and explore LGH involvement. Katrina also brought up a previous interest from other regional chapters to do something jointly. Katrina will explore the cost, LGH, and Penn Cinema logistics first.